About

Oceania node of the GlobalSoilMap project

The Oceania node was launched in February 2011 in Bogor. The node is one of eight nodes of the GlobalSoilMap project and is a collaborative partnership of soil science institutions from countries of the Pacific, New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia:

Global collaboration

The GlobalSoilMap project is not just global in name. It is not just creating a global database of information on soil properties. It is also a global collaboration of relevant government and scientific agencies. Scientists and technologists from around the world are working together to share knowledge and experience.

GlobalSoilMap project objectives:

provide soil data in a form that will meet the demands of a broad range of users, including governments, natural resource managers, educational institutions, planners, researchers and agriculturalists

provide the global scientific community with soil information in a format that can be readily used for a range of modelling and evaluation studies

enable scientists from all parts of the world to exchange information and benefit from rapid changes in technology.

Governance

There are three levels of governance of GlobalSoilMap: the Nodes; the Consortium and the Scientific Panel. The scientific panel provides strategic advice to the Consortium and the nodes. The Consortium undertakes to:

coordinate scientific activities and promote and stimulate all GlobalSoilMap activities

achieve consensus on membership to each Node

encourage members of the Consortium to seek mutually beneficial opportunities for funding of projects that support the Consortium’s goal.